December Challenge
Christmas Ornaments made from Sea Urchin shells
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November Challenge
This summer, at our symposium, Clay Foster demonstrated a method of
producing a two part hollow turning. This simple technique gives the
turner a large opening in order to easily hollow the item. Then Clay
added a twist: he hid the glue joint using multi-axis turning and a
little surface embellishment.
Your Challenge, if you accept it, is to produce a two part multiple axis
hollow vessel. Lets prove we learned something at our Saskatoon Twenty
Twelve Woodturning Symposium.
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September Challenge
Tops...Spin tops...finger or snap tops to be precise.
We challenge you to make finger tops as a way to start off the turning
year. These wonderful little instruments of joy are fun to make and
great to give away or even play with yourself. The challenge this month
is to make a colourful finger top using some of the colouring techniques
shown by Andrew Glazebrook in his demos at the symposium. His use of
colour was very creative which resulted in a very attractively coloured
top. If you didn't take in any of Andrew's demos, then simply colour
your top to your liking. We might even have a "spin off" for the
longest spin time if time permits.
For ideas, there are three wonderful discussions on spin tops in the
latest AAW magazine pages 23 to 28. For members, this is the link to
the first article http://issuu.com/aawwebmaster/docs/2012_august/23 For
those who are not members, YouTube offers many videos such as:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDnymBHHx8U&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDBprGjCrxE for a true finger top
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eu3OQmCf9nk for a beautiful example
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June Challenge
You are challenged to create a hollow turned piece that is at least 5 inches in depth. This creation should have some surface treatment on it beyond a simple finish.
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May Challenge
This month's challenge is to create a piece that has been touched by heat. Your challenge is to use pyrography or propane torch to create your unique item.
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April Challenge
This month, our challenge was to add interest to our turnings through the use of laminations.
Our members brought pieces that were small to large, two and three individual pieces to over 300 pieces of wood laminated together prior to turning. Well done group.
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February Challenge
To increase the individuality of our turnings, Deb Mcleod has challenged us to look at nature to find our next project. Turn a flower shaped vessel or look to the skies for your inspiration and paint a platter like a nebuli. There are sources of inspiration everywhere.
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2012 Challenges
January
Our challenge for the January 12th meeting is to complete a screwdriver (kits provided) in one of two categories: Fun or Functional. Using the Functional framework, you need only to turn a handle and insert the shank into your handle. On the otherhand, you could create a Fun entry and create a non-functional screwdriver using unique woods or offset turning for example.
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